Coin-delivering device



U. KAWASAKI.

COIN. DELIVERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION mm FEB-12, 1920..

Patented June 27, 1922.

INVENT R U. KAWA 5AK/ COIN-DELIVERING DEVICE.

'Applicati on filed February 12, 1920. Serial No. 358,073.

To all whom'z't may concern: 1

7 Be it known that I, UTAKIGHI Kawasaki, a subject to the Emperor of Japan, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin-Delivering Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in coin delivering apparatus of the type embodying a tiltable tray upon which coins are deposited in the hand of the person to whom the coins are to be delivered.

The primary object of the invention is to generally improve-coin handling devices of the character described so as to Simplify the construction and mode of operation thereof,

.to reduce the cost thereof, and to render suchdevices attractive as to appearance and reliable as to construction.

An object of the invention is to provide a'device of the character described, in which the tiltable't'ray is formed'in one piece and is adapted to be easily and conveniently tilted owing to its novel construction; there being providedmeans for a simple and reliable construction and for pivotally or tiltably connecting the tray with the standard therefor, so that the tray is normally held in horizontal position.

The invention possesses other advantages and features, some of which, with the foregoing will be set forth at length in the following description where I shall outline in full, that form of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming a part of the present specification. In said drawings I have shown one form of the construction of my invention but it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to such form, since the invention as expressed in the claim may be embodied in a plurality of forms.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the coin delivering device constructed in accordance with my invention. 7

Figure 2 is a plan view of the tiltable tray.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical view of a modified form of the device.

Figure dis a view similar to Figure 5 of another form of modification.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 4.

Referring to the invention as illustrated in the drawings, 1 designates a suitable base Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 27, 1-922 preferably made of some light, cheap metal and, provided with a corrugation 2 for the purpose of strengthening the base. 'Mount ed upon an upstandingboss 3 formed centrally of the base is a tubular standard 4 having a locking groove 5 in its lower end,

which receives a locking lug 6,011 the boss 3 so as to lock the tube in position. A rounded cap 7 is mounted upon the upper end of the tube and provideswithacentral opening 8 for a bearing member. 9 carried centrally upon a tiltable coin tray 10. The bearing 9 is provided at its lower. end with an eye 11. A retractile spring 12 is mounted within the tubular standard 4 and at its ends is extend ed to provide long shanked hooks 13 and 14.

The hook engages in openings 15 formed n the boss 3, which boss is preferably'hollow. The hook 14 engages in the eye 11 of the bearing 9. In order to secure the hooks,

the spring 12 must be extended orlength'-' ened, so that when the hooks are in. place, .the spring exerts atendency to pull the bearing 9 inwardly through the opening 8.

In this connection, it'will be'noted that the opening 8 is downwardly and inwardly inclined, that is, is restricted towards its inner end, and that the bearin 9 is held in. engagement with the cap F at a point substantially' intermediate of the ends of said bearing. This supports the tray 10 in spaced relation to the cap 7 on the standardv 4 and permits of the tilting of said tray at either end thereof.

The tray 1O is preferably formed of a single piece of sheet metal and is of elongated form, being tapered towards each end, as at 16. Formed on the longitudinal edges of the tray are coin retaining and guiding flanges 17 which merge with the upper surface of the plate adjacent to the tapered ends 16. From the ends 16, the tray is extended downwardly and then curved slightly outwardly to provide hand rests 18. The device of my invention is particularly suited for use in ticket oflice and other places where change must be made rapidly. In the use of the device, the coins are deposited upon the tray 10 and the person who is to receive) the coins, by resting the hand upon the hand rest 18 with edge of the palm opposite the rest 18 is curved, as shown in Figure 1, so

as to readily fit the side of the hand opposite to the thumb. In tilting the tray, the spring 12 is brought into play, and when the hand is removed from the hand rest 18, said the side of the hand opposite to the thumb in either of the hand rests 18 and pressing down on said rest. The spring 12 is the sole means of connection of the tray with the standard and base. It is sufliciently stiff to maintain the tray in horizontal position without being too stiff to permit of the ready tilting of the tray from either end thereof.

As shown in Figure 3, the modified form "of the invention relates to the manner of connecting the lower end of the spring so as to provide adjusting of the spring to regulate the tension thereof. In this form the boss 19 on the base 20 and which is received in the tubular standard 21, is provided with a thumb screw 22, the head of which is deposited within the hollow boss upon the under side thereof. This screw is adjustably. connected with a substantially U-shaped member 23 at one end of said member, whereas the other end of said member is fixed, as at 24:, to the lower end of the spring 25. By turning the screw 22, the

spring 25 may be regulated as to its tension.

Referring to Figures 4 and 5, the modification illustrated therein relates also to the manner 01 connecting the spring. In this form, the boss 26 is of hollow form and received in the lower end of the tubular standard 27. A loop 28 having hooks 29 on its free end is connected with a hook 30 on the lower end of the spring 31. The loop is passed through a central opening 32 in the boss 26 in order to secure the other end thereof upon the hook 30 and the bills of the hooks 29 are inserted through openings 33 upon theboss 26 on each side of the opening 32. The device of my invention may be readily assembled or disassembled so that it when disassembled, may be packed in small compass for shipment.

I claim A coin delivering device comprising a base, a tubular standard upright on the base, a coin tray, a cap on the upper end of the standard having an opening centrally thereof and formed with a bearing portion around the opening, a bearing member depending centrally from the coin tray and having a bearing portion engaging the bearing portion of said cap at the opening therein, an eye extending from the bearing portion through the opening and a spring attached at one end to the base and at its other end to said eye, the said tray being spaced upwardly from the said cap.

' UTAKICHI KAWASAKI. 

